Way to go, Verizon! We love the way you add handsets to your lineup months (more than we can count with the fingers on one hand) after they’ve hit the market in GSM-guise. Just how are you the No. 2 carrier in the US? Oh yea, because the other alternative is the other CDMA carrier,…
HTC Class Action Organization sues over software inadequacies, offers $3,000 reward for a fix
Our favorite Windows Mobile smartphone manufacturer has landed itself in a bit of hot water. We can’t imagine that this class-action lawsuit will have little more effect than to convince HTC to release some updated firmwares, but it’s still a bit off-putting to see our dear HTC in legal trouble. You see, there’s this class-action…
HTC Touch coming to Verizon in March?
HowardForums’ member “hekidnappedher” posted an intriguing series of HTC Touch hands-on photos. The trick is that the device he’s using has a Verizon branding, giving us a hint we’ll see it released by the CDMA carrier in the near future. And while we’re little sceptical about his claim that the Verizon’s version is “a little…
Palm, i-mate, and MWG go back to HTC for ODM handset orders
Ever since our favorite little ODM cut their manufacturing-strings and started hocking their wares under their own global brand, HTC has blossomed into the Windows Mobile smartphone manufacturer that we all knew it would be. Now that HTC has their own-branded line of mobile phones, their ODM business accounted for less than 10% of their…
HTC Pharos P3470 – for those who think the HTC Touch is too pretty
Behold the HTC Pharos P3470. By the looks of it,this thing is the ugly-duckling little brother of the HTC Touch. We’re looking for this HTC Pharos P3470 to bring up the lower-end of HTC’s lineup. For those that think the HTC Touch is a little too pretty for their tastes and want to trade GPS…
T-Mobile Germany announces MDA Ameo 16 GB
Folks in Germany who like the HTC Athena will be pleased to know that the leading carrier in the country, T-Mobile, has just announced the rebranded as T-Mobile MDA Ameo 16 GB version that apart from more storage space will reportedly also run the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile OS – Windows Mobile 6.1 —…
HTC Shift clears FCC in GSM and CDMA versions
HTC pulled a bit of a fast one on many of us recently with their FCC filing for an HTC Clio. The FCC filing showed a landscape-oriented QWERTY-slider that we speculated was the HTC Advantage/Athena. Well, the FCC has finally posted exterior images of the HTC Clio 100 and 200 and it seems that the…
Alltel launches HTC Touch
Just like we expected, the HTC Touch has finally landed on Alltel’s network, in CDMA form. The Alltel Touch, as it will be known, is now available for online ordering through, well, Alltel’s website. The CDMA HTC Touch (HTC Vogue) will be getting the customary carrier-tweaks like the extra TouchFLO window that gives you quick…
Verizon announces SMT5800 aka HTC S720; Available online now, hitting stores on January 21st
Good (or not) old Verizon wants to get some piece of the CES’ news flow, hence they’ve decided it’s the right time to officially announce the SMT5800 Windows Mobile smartphone. It’s like we haven’t figured out it’s coming… Anyway, the Windows Mobile based smartphone packs both numeric keypad and full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, stereo Bluetooth…
HTC Touch headed to Alltel
Fancy an iPhone but hate the prospect of giving in to that cult-of-Apple or jumping network-ship for AT&T? Well, if you’re a Sprint or Telus customer, then you likely already enjoying the CDMA alternative to the iPhone, the HTC Touch. Unfortunately, if you are on Alltel’s network, you’ll just have to find another way to…